Convento di San Damiano

Southeast of the town center of Assisi is the little convent of San Damiano (305m/1,007ft), founded by St Francis, of which St Clare was the first abbess. On the small terrace, gay with flowers, in front of the convent, St Francis is said to have composed his famous "Canticle of the Sun". In addition to the church, the cloister with frescoes by Eusebio di San Giorgio (1507), the convent and the convent gardens are open to visitors.